/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012-2013  Romain DUBOIS
 * 
 * This file is part of NeMoS - Network and Modular Software
 * 
 * NeMoS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * NeMoS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with NeMoS.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package nemos.remote.discovery;

import org.osgi.service.remoteserviceadmin.EndpointDescription;

/**
 * IEndpointDispatcher : The endpoint dispatcher interface.
 * 
 * <p>
 * A service implementing this interface is responsible for the broadcast of the
 * registered endpoints in its own framework. It is used by the central
 * registry. Only remote endpoints are passed to this interface's methods, there
 * is no need to filter on framework UUID.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Romain DUBOIS
 */
public interface IEndpointDispatcher {

    /**
     * Dispatch an endpoint to the target framework.
     * 
     * @param endpoint
     *            The endpoint to dispatch
     */
    void dispatch(EndpointDescription endpoint);

    /**
     * Cancel an endpoint.
     * 
     * @param endpoint
     *            The removed endpoint
     */
    void cancel(EndpointDescription endpoint);
}
